The ​Crown of Gilded Bones (Blood and Ash, #3)

by Jennifer L. Armentrout

Good people didn’t stay silent.

“I would have given you the last drop of blood in my body if that was what you needed.”

“But even if you were a bloodthirsty Ascended, trying to rip the throats out of everyone who came near you, I would still destroy anyone who sought to harm you.”

“Good girl.”

“I could spend an eternity on my knees before you,” he vowed, his eyes amber jewels.

“Every time he smiles at you, I want to rip his lips from his face.” My brows lifted as I looked at Casteel. “That’s excessive.” “Not nearly excessive enough,”

“I’d rather be optimistic than bigoted and close-minded, but I am never naïve.